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Venuewatch: Charlotte in administration
No Rock And Roll Fun — With The Astoria now closed, and attracting the attention of the Today programme [8.24, near the bottom of the page], there's grim news from a far more important venue. The Leicester Princess Charlotte has gone into administration: Andy Wright, who has run the venue for 20 years, has put its operating company, The Princess Charlotte Public House Ltd, into administration, because it did not have enough money to continue. He is now seeking talks with Punch Taverns, which owns the building, about a possible financial lifeline. Mr Wright said: ...

Local interest
Sweeping The Nation — A lot of you will know STN is Leicester based, and so we have to comment on the news that the (formerly Princess) Charlotte has gone into administration and could shut by the end of the month. The levels of irony inherent in the fact this has happened at a time when the local council are plunging millions into creating a ...